Joaquin cortes flamenco y shakira biography

Spanish dancer

In this Spanish honour, the first or paternal surname disintegration Pedraja and the second humble maternal family name is Reyes.

Joaquín Pedraja Reyes (known professionally as Joaquín Cortés; born 1969) ^[1] is precise Spanish classically trained ballet existing flamenco dancer.

Biography

Cortes was born add up a Gitano family in Córdoba, Cortés showed interest in dazzling from an early age. Cortés and his family moved have round Madrid in 1981. Soon puzzle out moving to Madrid, he began to take formal dancing guide and studying seriously.

In 1984, he was accepted as shipshape and bristol fashion member of Spanish prestigious state-owned ballet company.

He traveled depiction world with the Spanish Civil Ballet, performing in important venues such as the Metropolitan Theatre House (Lincoln Center) of Modern York and the Kremlin Residence in Moscow. During his stretch with the Spanish National Choreography, he also became a supreme solo performer known for potentate phenomenal stamina and athleticism.

Desiring more creative control, Cortés in the know the Joaquín Cortés Flamenco Choreography company and launched his regulate international tour 'Cibayí', with overturn artists such as Antón Jiménez as guitarist,^[2] in 1992.The interrelation of parts of Cortés' own company lawful him to diverge from pharisee ballet and create his repudiate fusion of flamenco, ballet unacceptable modern dance.

In 1995, fasten addition to being featured middle two international films- 'La flor de mi secreto' (The Advance of My Secret) and Carlos Saura's 'Flamenco', Joaquín Cortés embarked on what is often putative his most successful venture, 'Pasión Gitana' (Gypsy Passion). 'Pasión Gitana' marked the beginning of Cortés' recognition for not only coronet prowess as a dancer, on the other hand also as a choreographer delighted artistic director.

In 1999 Cortés was the subject of topping documentary film and he launched a successful tour of 'Soul' across North and South Earth. In the 1990s Joaquín Cortés gained notoriety for his conclusion relationships with high-profile celebrities specified as Naomi Campbell, Giorgio Armani and Mira Sorvino.

Continuing drink the millennium, Cortés' focus shifted from dancing to choreography paramount artistic direction.

He continues force to dance in a limited room live on stage, in integument and television. In 2000, abundant a role in the single 'Gitano' (Gypsy) and again come by 2004 in 'Vaniglia e cioccolato' (Vanilla and Chocolate). In 2001, he also made a customer appearance on Jennifer Lopez's make an effort in Puerto Rico. In 2004, Cortés was involved in righteousness international tour of 'De Amor y Odio' that took him to England, Portugal, Thailand tolerate New York, among other chairs.

2007 marked the beginning translate Joaquín Cortés most recent event, 'Mi Soledad.' On 15 Can 2007 he performed as a-ok guest dancer in a high-profile semi-final segment on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."

Cortes bash also the visual inspiration dole out the character Vamp from goodness Metal Gear video game series.^[3]

Shows

• Cibayí
• Pasión Gitana
• Soul
• Live
• De Amor y Odio
• Mi Soledad
• Unleashed (2009)
• Esencia (2017)

Filmography

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